Hose-supporter.



PATENIED. FEB. 3, 1903.

no. 719,884. M. SGHEUER.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPIIIOATIOTK FILED OUT. 11,1902

NrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HQSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,884, dated February 3, 1903.

Application filed October 11, 1902. Serial No. 126,924. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE SOHEUER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, Manhattan borough, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Sup porters, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices of that class employed for retaining purposes in connection with hose for individual wear,such devices being commonly known as hose-supporters.

The object of this invention is to provide a hose-supporter which shall be simple, inexpensive, and novel as regards construction, convenient in its application to practical purposes, durable and eficient in operation, attractive in appearance, and which shall possess certain well defined advantages over prior analogous constructions.

The invention consists in the relative conjoining or assembling of the parts or members thereof in such manner as to render the device as a whole highly convenient, durable, efficient, and positive in service and peculiarly attractive in appearance, in certain combinations, and in certain details of construction, all of which will be specifically referred to hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference-numerals denote corresponding parts, and as to said drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a hose-supporter embodying my said improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view of same. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section along the line a a of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective illustrating more clearly the details of the general construction.

My invention may be classified with the well known button-and-loop supporters; and it comprises a loop, a button consisting of a base having a capped post conjoined therewith, and a flexible leader, the latter traversing the distant end of said post held to permanent engagement therewith by means of said button-cap, extending downwardly and shielding said post at opposite sides thereof, and engaging said base at opposite sides of said post, said parts being assembled and relatively adjusted in a manner to leave the said button-cap exposed.

Having reference to the accompanying drawings, 2 denotes the loop, ordinarily of metal and of any appropriate form. The botton aforenamed comprises a base 3, having oppositely-arranged elongated openings 4 4, a post 5, conjoined with said base in any appropriate and well-known manner, and a cap 6, carried by said post at the distant end .thereof.

'7 is a flexible leader formed from webbing, leather, or other suitable material. This leader traverses the distant end of the post 5 and is held to permanent engagement therewith by means of the cap 6, the latter being fastenedin position for service as byinwardly turning its edge to take under the flared distant end of the post 5 after the said leader shall have been adjusted with respect to said post, the said leader accordingly occupying a position between the distant end of the post 5 and the cap 6, all as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. It will therefore be observed that when the parts now under consideration are thus duly assembled for service the leader 7 has a permanent engagement primarily with the post 5, and the cap 6 is left exposed to receive a polished, nickeled, or other finished surface, which may readily be arranged to nicely contrast with the coloring of the leader 7.

The leader 7 is provided with a stop 8 at one end thereof, which stop may take the form of a metallic tip or end binding, such as commonly employed in the art, and in assembling the parts fully for service the opposite end of the leader 7 is primarily laced through the base 3 from the lower side thereof by way of the opening 4 and sulficiently to bring the stop 8 into close engagement with the base 3 at the lower side thereof, whereupon the leader is laid over or caused to traverse the distant end of the post 5, from whence it is laced downwardly through the base 3 by way of the opening 4, thence along the lower side of the base 3 toand forwardly again through the opening 4., thence along the upper side of the base 3, around the adjacent edge thereof, and returned along the lower side of the base 3 to and forwardly through the opening 4: to receive the loop 2 at the proper point and in the ordinary manner.

In operation, the loop 2 being disengaged from the fabricc0vered post 5, a segment of the hose or garment to be supported is laid over the cap 6. Then the enlarged portion of said loop is imposed upon the hose or garment-segment and urged in the direction of the button-base 3 to a point somewhat beyond the cap 6, thus causing said hose or garmentsegment to cover the cap 6 and extend downwardly along the fabric-covered post 5, where it may be securely clamped by duly moving the loop 2 so as to cause its contracted portion to straddle said post, with the hose or garment-segment aforenamed lying between itself and said post. When thus adjusted, the friction between the loop 2 and the material on which it exerts a clamping elfect serves to effectually prevent accidental or other undue displacement of the loop 2 from its clamping position.

It will be seen that my improved supporter is well adapted for the purposes for which it is designed and, further, that the same may be modified to some extent without material departure from the spirit and principle of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

1. A hose-supporter of the class herein described comprising a button-post, a cap therefor, and a flexible leader, the latter traversing the distant end of said post and held to permanent engagement therewith by means of the cap aforenamed, substantially as herein specified.

2. A hose-supporter of the class herein described, comprising a button having a post, and a flexible leader, the latter primarily fastened to said post, substantially as herein described.

3. A hose-supporter of the class herein described comprising a capped button-post and a flexible leader, the latter fastened to said post at its distant end and extending downwardly and shielding said post at opposite sides thereof, substantially as herein described.

4. The combination of a button comprising a base and a post secured to said base; a flexible leader traversing the distant end of said post, extending downwardly and shielding said post at opposite sides thereof, and engaging said base at opposite sides of said post; a cap covering a portion of said leader and holding the same to permanent engagement with the distant end of said post; and a loop for clamping a portion of said leader between itself and said post, substantially as herein described.

MAURICE SOHEUER.

Witnesses:

A. ROSENBAUM, ARTHUR MUEHLFELDER. 

